A blog for carers of mental health. Lewisham BME Mental Health Carers Forum. Holding MH Trusts to account via carer forums. What Carer forums need to take note of. Most of the issues below are usually covered in a Carer forum, where there is little or no time for carer stories and more time is spent on understanding why certain Trust problems are occuring. Out of all the issues li.

I care, do you? June 24, 2014. Middot; Leave a comment. Just a brief blog today, but an important one. Our CEO writes about the struggles of distance caring for someone with dementia. An already difficult task, made more difficult by unscrupulous people willing to pray on the vulnerable.

I want to raise more awareness over postnatal depression and beyond.

Right Here, Right Now a timely report into the quality of Mental Health Crisis Care. Help, care and support in the community;. Experiences of detention under section 136 of the Mental Health Act.

Lifting the lid on mental health illness and child sexual abuse. The other purpose of the blogs will hopefully help other victims come forward and ask for help. Anyone triggered by my writing should initially speak with their GP and there is always the Police. Talking openly about my mental health has helped me to deal with my issues. Self stigmatizing has been very harmful to me and prolonged the damage that my attackers inflicted on me all those years ago. It is good to talk.

Not quite your cup of tea? Self Diagnosis; NO! The Madder Hatter Theory; BPD. I normally either end up talking total bull or putting a cheesy ass quote to make up for my lack of self.

Should charities be propping up statutory services? The situation has made me reflect on the role of charities as opposed to statutory services. As someone who receives support from both CAMHS and a charity it raised some questions for me. Are charities picking up the slack? If statutory services were unable to pick them up initially, will they be able to now? This entry was posted in Uncategorized. By Mental health and other musings. As long as this inves.